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The Book of the Sonnet
Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet.
II. Death an Ordinance of Nature, and Therefore Good
By Sir Philip Sidney (15541586)
Natures works be good, and death doth serve
As Natures work, why should we fear to die?
Since fear is vain but when it may preserve,
Why should we fear that which we cannot fly?
Fear is more pain than is the pain it fears,
Disarming human minds of native might,
While each conceit an ugly figure bears,
Which were not evil, viewed in reasons light.
Our owly eyes, which dimmed with passions be,
And scarce discern the dawn of coming day,
Let them be cleared, and now begin to see
Our life is but a step in dusty way.
Then let us hold the bliss of peaceful mind;
Since this we feel, great loss we cannot find.
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Sung by Musidorus to Pyrocles in Sir Philip Sidneys Arcadia, when the two friends are in danger of being put to death undeservedly. The argument with which the sonnet sets out is a favorite with divine Marcus Antoninus in his Meditations, and is, in truth, as logical as it is noble. And the argument respecting fear is of a like soundness. Fear is intended by nature to warn us from passes that we can avoid; what then has it to do with such as are unavoidable? We may feel them painfully, but we must not apprehend them ignobly. We must not suppose, that in any of the ordinary courses of her operations Nature intends us evil.
I do not insert this sonnet for anything otherwise very good in it, but that we may feel ourselves a little longer in the company of the high mind from which it emanated. It is preceded in the Arcadia by a noble passage respecting the nature and condition of the soul after death; and for the reason just mentioned, and because it introduces the Sonnet itself, and the Arcadia is not often met with, we think the reader will not be sorry to have it here repeated.
Take the pre-eminence in all things but in true loving, answered Musidorus; for the confession of that no death shall get of me.
Of that, answered Pyrocles, soberly smiling, I perceive we shall have a debate in the other world; if at least there remain anything of remembrance in that place.
I do not think the contrary, said Musidorus; although you know it is greatly held, that with the death of body and senses,which are not only the beginning, but dwelling and nourishing of passions, thoughts, and imaginations,they failing, memory likewise fails, which riseth only out of them: and then is there left nothing but the intellectual part or intelligence, which, void of all moral virtues,which stand in the mean of perturbations,doth only live in the contemplative virtue and power of the omnipotent good, the soul of souls, and universal life of this great work; and therefore is utterly void from the possibility of drawing to itself these sensible considerations.
Certainly, answered Pyrocles, I easily yield that we shall not know one another, and much less these past things, with a sensible or passionate knowledge; for, the cause being taken away, the effects follow. Neither do I think we shall have such a memory as we now have, which is but a relic of the senses, or rather a print the senses have left of things past in our thoughts; but it shall be a vital power of that very intelligence; which, as while it was here it held the chief seat of our life, and was, as it were, the last resort to which, of all our knowledges, the highest appeal came; and so, by that means, was never ignorant of our actions, though many times rebelliously resisted,always, with this prison, darkened: so much more being free of that prison, and returning to the life of all things, where all infinite knowledge is, it cannot but be a right intelligencewhich is both his name and beingof things both present and past, though void of imagining to itself anything, but even grown like to his Creator, hath all things, with a spiritual knowledge, before it. The difference of which is as hard for us to conceive, as it was for us when we were in our mothers wombs, to comprehendif anybody would have told uswhat kind of light we now in this life see, what kind of knowledge we now have. Yet now we do not only feel our present being, but we conceive what we were before we were born, though remembrance make us not do it, but knowledge, and though we are utterly without any remorse [reperception] of any misery we might then suffer. Even such and much more odds [advantage] shall there be at that second delivery of ours; when, void of sensible memory, or memorative passion, we shall not see the colors [appearances, as distinguished from essences], but lives, of all things that have been or can be; and shall, as I hope, know our friendship, though exempt from the earthly cares of friendship, having both united it and ourselves in that high and heavenly love of the unquenchable light
As he had ended his speech, Musidorus, looking with a heavenly joy upon him, sang this song unto him he had made, before love turned his muse to another subject
The Arcadia, now the fifth time published.
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Tonight the Leafs travel to Washington for their second of four meetings this season against the Capitals. Waiting for them on the ice will be a Leaf killer in Alexander Ovechkin. In four games last year, the Great 8 potted 4 goals to go along with his 8 helpers. In their previous meeting this year, Alex added another two assists bring up his total to 14 points in his last 5 games against the Leafs. The troubling thing is though, he's not the Alex the Leafs need to most worry about; that would be Alex Semin. Third in the league with 18, Semin is a goal scoring machine in this contract year and is letting all potential shooters that it's going to take mucho deniro to sign him in free agency. His last 4 games agaist the Leafs? 3 goals and 5 assists for 8 points. If the Leafs want to leave DC with two more points than they entered with, they'll need to keep the Alexes in check.
More after the jump cause PPP needed a reminder.
New to the Capitals since these two teams last met is the addition of shutdown defenseman Scott Hannan. Expect Hannan to see a lot of Phil Kessel tonight. While the deal of Fleischmann for Hannan has improved their backend, it has also hindered the Capitals' potent offense. In the 3 games since the trade, the Caps have only 6 goals and enter with a 2 game losing streak. Though this is not due to special teams as their PP has gone 3 for 7 (43%) in that span. Toronto's penalty kill will need to be at the top of its game if it wishes to stop the 5th best power play in the league.
News out of Toronto today is that J.S. Giguere is out due to retweaking his groin over the weekend and James Reimer has been called from the Marlies. He will backup Gustavsson who gets the start tonight opposite Michal Neuvirth for the Caps. Though it's not all bad news as John Mitchell and Brett Lebda will sit yet again tonight. Lebda may just be the Least Valuable Player for the Leafs this year as he's yet to be on the ice for a Leafs goal and is a team worst -11 despite only playin 12 games. Without a doubt, he is the worst free agency signing on Brian Burke's resume ever. Good thing he's signed for another year at $1.45M right? Right?? Shit………..
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Whitehall coughs £250k for Bletchley Park pothole repairs
That's £50k less than Milton Keynes council gave
Famed World War II codebreaking centre Bletchley Park has been given £250k by the British government - which owes its existence to work performed at the site - for urgent repairs.
The money comes from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, and is intended to allow managers at the historic site to deal with potholes and roof repairs.
"This enormously-appreciated funding boost will not only enable vital repair and maintenance but it also represents endorsement by the DCMS that Bletchley Park is a place of national importance," Bletchley chief Simon Greenish told the BBC.
Famously, German "Enigma" military encryption (and many other Axis ciphering methods) were defeated at the site - also known as "Station X" - during the war. This gave the Allies a massive advantage in various critical battles, not least the pivotal antisubmarine struggle in the Atlantic. The famous "Colossus" machines, some of the world's first digital computers, operated at Bletchley, and legendary figures such as Alan Turing were among the personnel.
Despite the great achievements which occurred at Station X, the Trust which runs it as a museum nowadays has always been hard up - perhaps because its place in history remained largely unknown to the general public until the 1970s.
Whitehall is now offering some minimal help to deal with the worst effects of the passing decades. Even Milton Keynes council has donated more in the past, however.
"The work carried out at Bletchley Park had a huge impact on the course of the war, and the museum does a brilliant job in bringing this alive for people of all ages," said culture secretary Ben Bradshaw, announcing the stingy handout.
"Having doubled its visitor numbers over the last three years, it urgently needs funds to keep it in good condition," he added.
The Trust was also awarded £500k of Lottery money in October. ®


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The Fort Worth Botanic Garden, located southwest of downtown Fort Worth, Texas, encompasses 109 acres of slightly rolling terrain originally marked by native stands of deciduous trees (trees that lose their leaves seasonally). Listed in the National Register of Historic Places for national significance in the area of Landscape Architecture, the Fort Worth Botanic Garden is an excellent example of a designed landscape and as one of the first multiple rose gardens established in the southern half of the United States. The garden is a stunning arrangement of such classical features as a water cascade and terraces, all of which are constructed of Palo Pinto sandstone. Geometrically shaped beds, or parterres, a reflection pool, and a pond are also integrated within the design. Extending from the formal garden is a long vista between stands of trees and shrubs. Together with the water gardens and paths located south of the rose garden, these features combine to create a contrasting informal treatment, another feature of the Renaissance garden. Over the years, this acreage has been supplemented with various theme and specialty gardens, naturalized areas, vistas, greenhouses, a conservatory and multi-use buildings.
The nominated section of Fort Worth Botanic Garden contains those areas associated with the original Rock Springs Park, primarily developed between 1929 and 1935 based on the designs of the landscape architecture firm of Hare and Hare. Also included is a section to the west developed on the mid-1950s, again designed by Hare and Hare. The nominated district encompasses approximately 33 acres. These areas can be divided into five distinct zones: Rock Springs and Water Gardens Area, Multiple Rose Garden and Vistas (influenced by Italian and French Renaissance landscapes), the Cactus Garden, the Garden Center Area and the Horseshoe. Also historically important in the area of Entertainment/Recreation as the first municipal botanic garden in the state of Texas, the Fort Worth Botanic Garden was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 2009.
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Missing Notre Dame
I wrote this after my favorite Notre Dame trip, 2006, though, 1978 comes close.
I plan on going for the finale (?) in 2014.
Up at 6:30 with my 15 year old high school sophomore, Erin, to catch the bus to South Bend for the BIG game on Separation Saturday.
She packs her lucky clothing, but forgets the digital camera. Fortunately, they dispense the tickets on the bus, so I won't be able to lose them.
We are to meet the bus at UM Dearborn, it leaves at 8:00. Per plan, we stop at Einsteins for bagels, and have a cooler with chopped up pineapple, water, gatorade, and brownies from Mom for Erin.
I buy papers to read on the bus. Have my laptop with me to do some work and maybe watch "Hidalgo" a DVD we have which I have not seen.
Still not light, Erin not quite perky, so I drive.
Donna calls to advise she heard on the radio that I-94 is closed at the Jeffries, so her directions must be amended.
Arrive about 7:45, drive around until we see a bus, park, try to enter and are told UM buses in a different lot.
Clock ticking, but another appropriately attired driver asks us directions, so we figure they won't leave without us.
Whoah, four buses. We have no instructions on which number bus is ours. Rejected by captain one, I have to go all the way to the back to find the captain of bus two, who has our names on his list.
Back for Erin, we take the seats all the way in the back, in front of the bathroom, which face each other. The buses are stopping in Ann Arbor to pick up more people, so we may lose our extra area there.
Leave after eight, of course, massive fog. Plan A was for Erin to drive us, so glad we took the bus trip.
Only four or six more hop on at Domino's Farms, so we keep our four seats.
I tell Erin we will see lots of sandhill cranes, remembering the 1998 trip from Lake Bentley to Notre Dame. That was with Janell, but we lost, along with losing in 98 in Columbus and the Spartan Bob timekeeper game, so she does not make road trips anymore.
The fog persists, and we are not on I-94 due to construction, and see not one crane.
Though the announcement was that we would stop only for the driver's personal comfort, the caravan stops at a large rest area with restuarants and a coffee place, and all are allowed to exit.
The announcement also included the statement that it was the first time the driver had navigated anything longer than four feet.
I buy a cappucino as long day looms. Woman in front of me buying candy in spite of her confessed sugar problems. Many patrons express delight at the prospect of real rest rooms.
In between Erin naps, I muse that there would be plenty of time to leave Ann Arbor after next week's Wisconsin game, noon kick off, and get to East Lansing well before eight o'clock kick off against Notre Dame. Erin instantly gives me a big hug and endorses what she takes to be an invitation.
Upon further reflection, driving back around midnight through hordes of inebriated Spartans does not sound nice. If we stay overnight, Sunday will be half over before we get back.
Erin says I shouldn't have mentioned it unless we were going for sure.
Stop and go at a construction bottleneck in Indiana, short stretch.
Fog has lifted and it is clear.
All of the passengers are quite calm. No choruses of the Victors or chants of Let's Go Blue!
I share another thought with Erin. I am not attending a seminar which is the weekend of the game at Indiana, maybe we could go to that. This is greeted with the same enthusiasm as my commitment to bring her on this trip.
In South Bend, we are joined by the fifth bus, which left Friday.
Trip leader Roger has arranged for State trooper escort for all five buses. This accounts for the stares of most pedestrians we pass.
I tell Erin, this is the friendliest place we will visit with the Wolverine team.
She says, "You mean I won't be sworn at, thrown up at, or told my team's quarterback stinks after we win?" These recall incidents from 2004 Columbus trip, and last year's Madison and East Lansing sojourns.
I say no, the fans are passionate but polite.
12:30 we disembark, 30 minutes behind schedule.
It takes the usual ten minutes for Erin to don the layers of lucky clothes and accessories she has worn to the games forever.
Had she accompanied Hillary to the peak of Mt. Everest, he would have told her to remove a few layers.
I am much more comfortable in shorts and UM club T-shirt.
Some of the veteran travelers are unloading grills and other tailgate gear from the storage area under the seats. We have tickets to the official alumni tailgate, which has already started, and is on the other side of the stadium from where we parked. The plan is to walk past the stadium to the south, then wander north through the campus, then east to the tailgate.
Fellow students have told Erin she must tour the lovely campus. We do, and it is.
Our progress is blocked by a line of people on each side of the east-west sidewalk. As we approach, I see it is the Notre Dame team, dressed in coat and tie, walking to the stadium.
Erin is disappointed to find out, reading the paper the next day, that Steve Yzerman was somehwere close to us observing the ritual.
We come upon a large fountain spewing green water. It has four sets of Stonehenge like rocks, one facing each direction, the water spurting up over the height of the formation, landing in a pool.
The rectangular pool is only about three inches deep around the edge, extending a couple of feet into the pool.
Numerous pro Notre Dame slogans and exhortations have been scrawled by finger out of the green algae growth.
This is not acceptable to Erin. She searches for a clear spot, and inscribes a "Go Blue!" in large letters. She takes a picture with her cell phone camera.
Next up, the famous Golden Dome. In the brilliant sunlight, it is almost too bright to look at directly.
We move to the east and pick up the main north-south road, verified by asking a friendly parking lot attendant. I am using a map that came with the bus itinerary.
Wondering if we will be able to spot the tailgate sight, I see a mammoth tent, surrounded by huge UM flags, about a quarter mile away across groomed fields. Some kids are playing soccer.
I bought online, so we pick up the tickets and head inside.
Free peanuts abound, the cash bar is just inside the opening, large screen TVs with the green and white weenies playing at Pitt in every corner.
After finding seats, we return toward the front and buy tickets for food, which is good.
There is a raffle for various prizes, which we do not win.
The last is a Lloyd Carr autographed football.
It is won by a full figured man. Erin thinks, I feel sorry for whoever has to sit next to him.
After the UM cheerleaders fire us up, the party is over.
Just outside the tent, Liberty Mutual insurance has a table with a wheel of fortune style spinner for various prizes, beads, megaphones, pom poms.
Of course, permission is granted for Erin to spin. It hits pom poms. Four of them already adorn various parts of her already. The man suggests megaphones, she gleefully takes two.
He then states they do not want to take anything home, and giver her pom-poms too.
Someone else already gave us maize and blue beads.
It is an hour before kick off, I think, not familiar with NBC time, as actual kick off ends up being 3:45.
We traverse south on the main road. A group of a dozen or so youthful Irish supporters start a chant on seeing Erin.
"Nice pants!"
Clap, clap.
"Nice pants!"
Clap, clap.
And so on.
Something that would make any father proud.
Erin is delighted at those who ask what year she is in at UM.
We do hear some cross words from inebriated Irish, all but one appear to be students.
As we get to the stadium, Erin spots a stand for Ben and Jerry's ice cream. Donna had said she had a date with Ben and Jerry Saturday night, while we would be bussing back.
I have Erin take a cell phone picture and send it to Donna.
I guess the wrong direction to our ticket gate, so we walk all the way around the stadium.
When they expanded, they built concourses at each end, on the outside of the old stadium.
Not having had the tickets in hand until boarding the bus, we did not have the chance to look up the location on the internet. Row 26, so I told Erin we should not be too high. I said visiting team seats are always in the end zone or corner, but we did not care.
After climbing to our seats, we find ourselves in the top row. This is great, because the sun is behind us, and we are among the maybe 50 seats in the stadium that are in the shade.
It is hot!
I am on Erin's right. As she looks to her left, there is the winner of the Lloyd Carr football.
Next to me is the woman who bought candy at the rest stop.
She sets it on top of the concrete behind us. Sometime during the first quarter, she accidentally knocks it over the top.
No problem, she says, I can buy more.
The announcer states the winner of the game will have the all time best winning percentage in college football. This fact has been repeated to me, oh, at least twice a day all week by Erin.
They are honoring Heisman winners this year. Johnny Lujack's likeness graces the tickets, and he is there in person for the coin toss.
On the ride back, I point out to Erin that she has now seen the 1943 (?) Heisman winner on his home field, so her college football connection stretches far back.
These late kickoffs are brutal. We are so anxious by the time the game begins.
The Burgess interception for a TD certainly bodes well.
Then the Henne interception. My heart sinks.
Erin points out Henne made the tackle, on the four right in front of us.
Turns out to be one more category in which he bests Quinn.
Then we score 27 unanswered points. Without allowing them a first down in the entire quarter.
Most likely, a once in a lifetime experience.
Amidst the Michigan throng, sheer ecstasy. Cannot recall so many hugs from Erin.
The TV timeouts seem endless.
We let them march down the field to score just before the half.
Twenty point lead. I recall them catching State last year after being down 21 in the fourth quarter. Though I picked UM to win, (in overtime) I am not over confident.
Best T-shirt, solid blue, maize letters on the front "RESTORING THE GLORY SINCE 1993".
I grab frozen lemonades and water for us at halftime.
Apparently, Erin could not pick up the game on the radio. I think she would only listen to the UM broadcast.
However, thanks to cell phones, she is calling her sister for comments on reviewed plays, as there is no screen at ND stadium.
One fan stands up and yells that a call our way will not be reversed. At least according to his father-in-law, who always tells the truth.
Someone (?) yells out, "What does he say about you?" but he does not respond.
Too bad we don't have a go to receiver, I tell my fellow Wolverines after Super Mario hauls in TD number three.
After some noise during the short time the game was tied at 7, the home fans turn mute.
After half time adjustments from offensive genius Charlie Weiss, we hold them without a first down for the entire third quarter.
Fans head for the exits.
We soak up every second. Erin takes a picture of the scoreboard on the way out.
About 50 male UM students have formed a mob, jumping on each other and yelling. Their mood infects the crowd.
The acoustics walking down the concourse are incredible.
"It's great, to be, a Michigan Wolverine!" repeated again and again. Let's Go Blue!"
At the flat area at each turn, there is another group jumping, chanting, exhorting. Everyone is high fiving everyone all the way down.
Other than the euphoria after winning the national championship at the 1998 Rose Bowl, I have seen nothing like it.
I made sure to watch the beginning game of the renewed rivalry in 1978. The contracts had been signed years earlier. I think 1943 had been the last time UM and ND met on the field.
We won that game, but lost when I returned in 1980, and 82, as well as the 98 game.
28 years. Must be wrong.
We walk toward the buses. I think. We could see them from our seats looking back over the parking lots.
After several false alarms, I fortunately see another UM club member who points the way.
Passengers are noisier than before. Our box lunch is handed to us as we board. It is good.
I listen to post game call in show on the radio.
"Do you think this will affect Brady Quinn's Heisman chances?"
Geez, these guys are as smart as Buckeyes.
One delight after another.
At the rest stop on the way home, there is a rush to the facilities. A decked out Notre Dame fan, seated next to his decked out Notre Dame son, is waiving people away.
I think he is mad because of the outcome, he says the rest rooms are the other way, everyone is coming this way by mistake.
I say I thought he was mad, he said, no, we are nicer than Ohio fans, half of whom, like their team, are headed for prison. "And I'm from Ohio."
Erin explains a difference she has witnessed.
"When I went to my seat in Columus, dressed like this, the usher said to me, "When someone gives you a hard time, let me know."
"Today, when I went by the usher, he said "Welcome to Notre Dame, we're glad you're here."
We exchanged more pleasantries, bought something to drink, and resumed our trek.
Erin slept, I watched "Hidalgo" until the laptop battery died.
Other than the DVD mishap, all went well.
Voice vote selected "The 40 Year Old Virgin" to be shown on the screens scattered throughout. Erin said she had already seen it. Was not my choice, but not a lot to do on a dark bus.
After the character tells about his Tijuana trip to see the human horse interplay, the screen goes black. Seems there was a 12 year old somewhere in front of us. Must not have been around when the vote was taken.
I was then able to pick up Florida-Tennessee on the radio, if I held it by the window.
Well after midnight, pulled into Dearborn, loaded the car and made it home after 1:00 am.
According to the game program, which I read on the ride back, Notre Dame's football player graduation rate last year was second only to the Naval Academy.
That is the kind of school I want to keep playing.
UM 47, ND 21. Great!
Spending the entire day, from 6:30 am to one the next morning, with your 15 year old daughter, priceless.


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Clinical Monitoring to Facilitate Continuous Care for Substance Abusing Clients
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01831999
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : April 15, 2013
Last Update Posted : September 2, 2016
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Building on the recent advances in telephone supported care, clinical monitoring, and outreach work, the specific aims of the study are to:
- Develop RecoveryTrack™- ExtendedCare (RT-E), a modified/new version of RecoveryTrack™. The investigators will adapt and finalize the original Web-based RT system, manual, and training to accommodate use by counselors for clients who are no longer attending Outpatient (OP) treatment.
- Conduct a pilot study to determine the preliminary efficacy of RT-E compared to treatment as usual (TAU) for clients entering Intensive Outpatient (IOP) substance abuse treatment (SAT). In this randomized clinical trial, it is hypothesized that RT-E will positively impact treatment attendance and substance use outcomes. In exploratory analyses, the investigators will also evaluate the comparative impact of RT-E versus TAU on HIV related client behaviors.
- Evaluate feasibility and counselor and client acceptability of RT-E.
- Conduct preliminary cost and cost effectiveness analyses comparing RT-E to TAU.
Hypothesis 1: RT-E clients will attend more days of OP treatment than TAU clients. The investigators will compare the two groups on monthly treatment attendance for months 1 through 9. We expect a main effect of group with RT-E clients displaying more attendance than TAU clients.
Hypothesis 2: RT-E clients will have higher rates of abstinence than TAU clients. The investigators will compare abstinence rates at months 3, 6, and 9. Abstinence is a binary variable based on both biological test results and self-reported substance use from the Addiction Severity Index, Version 6 (ASI6). We expect a main effect of group with RT-E clients displaying higher rates of abstinence than TAU clients.
Secondary Analyses:
HIV Risk Scores: The investigators will compare the two groups' Risk Assessment Battery (RAB) HIV risk scores (i.e., total, sex, drug) at month 9.
Use of HIV specialist services: Client attendance charts will be reviewed to compare the two groups on the number of times clients met with a program HIV Specialist at month 9.
Multidimensional Outcomes: The investigators will compare RT-E and TAU clients on multidimensional outcomes using ASI6 summary scores at months 3, 6, and 9.
|Condition or disease
|Substance-Related Disorders Mental Disorders
|Behavioral: RecoveryTrack - Extended Care (RT-E)
|Not Applicable
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|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|139 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Clinical Monitoring to Facilitate Continuous Care for Substance Abusing Clients
|Study Start Date :
|June 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|February 2016
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|May 2016
Experimental: RecoveryTrack - Extended Care (RT-E)
Counselors will conduct monitoring and feedback sessions using the RecoveryTrack-Extended Care (RT-E) web-based monitoring system for clients newly admitted to Intensive Outpatient (IOP) treatment. Counselors will be instructed to document their reminders, contact attempts, and scheduling of RT-E appointments within a Contact Log incorporated into RT-E. All RT-E sessions will be audio recorded.
Behavioral: RecoveryTrack - Extended Care (RT-E)
Counselors in this condition will be trained on the RecoveryTrack-Extended Care (RT-E) web-based monitoring system so that they are able to navigate the computer application, and implement the clinical content and procedures of the intervention. Counselors will conduct monitoring and feedback sessions using RT-E for clients newly admitted to IOP over a course of eight months. If the client is not attending treatment, counselors will attempt contact over the phone and via other methods. When contacted, the counselor will conduct the RT-E assessment and, as the situation warrants, provide support to reengage the client in treatment or support recovery in other ways mentioned. HIV risk will be assessed as well, with encouragement of testing and referral to HIV specialists as needed.
No Intervention: Treatment as Usual (TAU)
Counselors will conduct standard treatment during IOP/OP in this condition. Exceptions to this condition are that counselors will: audio record their first 3 biweekly and subsequent 7 monthly individual in-person sessions; document on a Contact Log outreach attempts; and complete a Counselor Activity Log for client participants. There are several steps that counselors typically take when a client misses a session. Clients are called to reschedule for the same week, if the client doesn't return for their next scheduled session, the counselor sends a letter asking the client to return, etc.
- Length of Stay [ Time Frame: 9 months post-consent ]Client admission and discharge dates will be obtained from the treatment program clinical record and used to calculate length of stay.
- HIV Risk Scores [ Time Frame: 9 months post-consent ]The investigators will compare the two groups' Risk Assessment Battery (RAB) HIV risk scores (i.e., total, sex, drug) at month 9.
- Multidimensional Outcomes [ Time Frame: 3, 6, and 9 months post-consent ]We will compare RT-E and TAU clients on multidimensional outcomes using ASI6 summary scores at months 3, 6, and 9.
- Rates of Abstinence [ Time Frame: Months 3, 6, and 9 post-consent ]Abstinence is a binary variable based on both biological test results and self-reported substance use from the ASI6.
- Use of HIV specialist services [ Time Frame: 9 months post-consent ]Client attendance charts will be reviewed to compare the two groups on the number of times clients met with a program HIV Specialist at month 9.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Client enrolled in outpatient treatment at participating facility and assigned to participating counselor.
- Counselor employed at participating facility.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Client unable to speak English.
- Client too cognitively impaired to give informed consent.
- Clients who do not wish to be audio-recorded during individual sessions.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01831999
|United States, New Jersey
|Genesis Counseling Centers, Inc.
|Collingswood, New Jersey, United States, 08108
|Genesis Counseling Centers, Inc.
|Marlton, New Jersey, United States, 08053
|United States, Pennsylvania
|New Journeys In Recovery
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19133
|Thomas Jefferson University IOP
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19146
|Principal Investigator:
|John S. Cacciola, Ph.D.
|Treatment Research Institute
|Responsible Party:
|Treatment Research Institute
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01831999 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
1R01DA030480-01A1 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
1R01DA030480-01A1 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|April 15, 2013 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|September 2, 2016
|Last Verified:
|August 2016
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
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Keywords provided by Treatment Research Institute:
HIV Assessment
Substance Abuse Treatment
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Mental Disorders
Psychotic Disorders
Substance-Related Disorders
Pathologic Processes
Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
Chemically-Induced Disorders


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BLACKFOOT — The Blackfoot City Council has banned texting and driving within the city limits. The council unanimously approved the ordinance and waived all readings at their meeting Tuesday. The ordinance goes into effect immediately.
The ordinance clearly defines texting as using an electronic wireless communications device to communicate using a text-based communication including test messages, instant messages or electronic mail.
A texting violation is classified as an infraction and is punishable by a fine of $50.
Blackfoot Police Lt. Scott Gay said the officers will primarily use the ordinance as an tool to educate drivers about the dangers of texting and driving and said a distracted driving ordinance is something many of the officers want.
Councilman Chris Jensen said he is typically opposed to passing legislation that regulates an individual's behavior, such as seatbelt and helmet laws. But he said he is very in favor of a texting and driving ordinance because an innocent third party can be hurt by someone else driving distracted.
"I'm not one who believes it's the governments job to protect us," Jensen said. "I am very much in favor of this."
Virtue said the ordinance will at least send a message to drivers who may now think twice before texting and driving.
"It's clearly a safety issue," Virtue said. "This is more to protect someone else."
The ordinance does not apply to emergency services professionals using electronic wireless communication devices while operating an authorized emergency vehicle in the course of their duties.
At the meeting the council also approved fireworks permits, an airport lease agreement and met in executive session to discuss pending litigation.


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On May 16, the Obama Interior Department announced its long-awaited rules governing hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") on federal lands.
As part of its 171-page document of rules, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), part of the U.S. Dept. of Interior (DOI), revealed it will adopt the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) model bill written by ExxonMobil for fracking chemical fluid disclosure on U.S. public lands.
ALEC is a 98-percent corporate-funded bill mill and "dating service" that brings predominantly Republican state legislators and corporate lobbyists together at meetings to craft and vote on "model bills" behind closed doors. Many of these bills end up snaking their way into statehouses and become law in what Bill Moyers referred to as "The United States of ALEC."
BLM will utilize an iteration of ALEC's "Disclosure of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Composition Act" - a bill The New York Times revealed was written by ExxonMobil - for chemical fluid disclosure of fracking on public lands and will do so by utilizing FracFocus.org's voluntary online chemical disclosure database.
In a way, it's all come full circle. As we covered here on DeSmogBlog, the original chemical disclosure standards and the decision to utilize FracFocus' database came from the Obama Dept. of Energy's (DOE) industry-stacked Fracking Subcommittee formed in May 2011. DOE gave a $1.5 million grant to FracFocus.
The Texas state legislature soon thereafter adopted the first bill making FracFocus the fracking chemical disclosure database at the state level in June 2011. Since then, it's been off to the races, with the Council of State Governments adopting the TX bill as model bill in Aug. 2011, ALEC adopting it as a model bill in Oct. 2011, and the bill becoming state law in Colorado, Pennsylvania and other states.
Both the Illinois and Florida state legislatures have also tried to push through this model, but it died dead in its tracks.
FracFocus has been an anemic and failed effort by the Obama Admin. to alter the George W. Bush Admin. "Halliburton Loophole" standards for fracking chemical disclosure, which allowed the recipe of fracking chemicals to remain a "trade secret." It's amounted to nothing more than the same game by a different name, with a Harvard study recently giving FracFocus a "failing grade."
The FracFocus Façade: "Truck-Sized" Disclosure Loopholes
Almost two years after FracFocus' debut, it is important to scrutinize its disastrous performance.
"Drilling companies in Texas, the biggest oil-and-natural gas producing state, claimed similar exemptions about 19,000 times this year through August," explained Bloomberg in a Dec. 2012 investigation. "Trade-secret exemptions block information on more than five ingredients for every well in Texas, undermining the statute's purpose of informing people about chemicals that are hauled through their communities and injected thousands of feet beneath their homes and farms."
One representative from Texas - the original FracFocus state - said it allows "truck-sized" loopholes in chemical disclosure. An earlier investigative effort by Bloomberg explained just how big these 18-wheelers are.
"Energy companies failed to list more than two out of every five fracked wells in eight U.S. states from April 11, 2011, when FracFocus began operating, through the end of last year," wrote Bloomberg. "The gaps reveal shortcomings in the voluntary approach to transparency on the site, which has received funding from oil and gas trade groups and $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy."
This moved U.S. Rep. Diane DeGette, author of the FRAC Act - which would mandate actual fracking chemical disclosure, although it's never garnered more than a handful of co-sponsors - to say FracFocus offers nothing more than the mirage of transparency.
"FracFocus is just a fig leaf for the industry to be able to say they're doing something in terms of disclosure," she said.
"Fig leaf" is a generous way of putting it. After all, FracFocus is merely a PR front for the oil and gas industry.
FracFocus' domain is registered by Brothers & Company, a public relations firm whose clients include industry lobbying tour de force America's Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA), Chesapeake Energy, and American Clean Skies Foundation - a front group for Chesapeake Energy.
ALEC Model Bill Gone U.S. Public Lands in BLM Rules
BLM's rules are a mirror image of the ALEC/ExxonMobil "model bill" for fracking chemical disclosure.
"The rule would require that disclosure of the chemicals used in the fracturing process be provided to the BLM after the fracturing operation is completed," BLM explains. "This information may be submitted to the BLM through an existing Web site known as FracFocus.org, already used by some states for reporting mandatory chemical disclosure of hydraulic fracturing chemicals."
Paralleling the BLM rules but less specific in what the online registry would be (it ended up becoming FracFocus), the ALEC/ExxonMobil model is a BLM rules clone.
"The {insert relevant state agency} by rule shall require an operator of a well on which a hydraulic fracturing treatment is performed to complete the form posted on the hydraulic fracturing chemical registry Internet website," the model bill reads.
This shall include both "the total volume of water used in the hydraulic fracturing treatment" and "the total volume of water used in the hydraulic fracturing treatment...as provided by a service company or chemical supplier or by the operator, if the operator provides its own chemical ingredients."
Obama Admin. "Huddled" with Industry Before Rules Released
On April 12, EnergyWire's Mike Soraghan revealed that the Obama Admin. "huddled" with Big Oil before releasing BLM's final rules, watering them down to suit the industry's taste.
Heather Zichal, deputy assistant to the president for energy and climate change, "met more than 20 times in 2012 with industry groups and company executives lobbying on the proposed rule," according to Soraghan's review of White House visitor records. "Among them were the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), along with BP America Inc., Devon Energy Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp."
"The rule really reflects who has had the most access and who is being listened to," Fran Hunt of the Sierra Club's "Beyond Gas" campaign told EnergyWire. "They've been following the road signs put up by industry."
Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club, echoed these concerns.
"After reviewing the draft rules, we believe the administration is putting the American public's health and well-being at risk, while continuing to give polluters a free ride," Brune stated of BLM's new fracking rules. "This proposal does not require drillers to disclose all chemicals being used for fracking and continues to allow trade-secret exemptions for the oil and gas industry."


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No. 12 South Carolina will try to get a winning record in the SEC East for the first time this season when it hosts Kentucky at 7:30 p.m. Saturday on FSN. Here's what to watch when the Gamecocks welcome the Wildcats into Williams-Brice Stadium:
Steve Spurrier called it a "miraculous recovery." After a sprain to his throwing shoulder knocked Connor Shaw out of the game on the first series of USC's trip to Central Florida, the "Head Ball Coach" wondered if he'd lost his starting quarterback for the season. After the game, trainers told him Shaw would be out two to three weeks. Instead, Shaw won't skip a beat. The senior is starting against Kentucky, defying the medical odds. It'll be interesting to see how much of the offense Shaw can run with his shoulder, especially after the adrenaline wears off following the first quarter. A healthy Shaw is critical to USC's plans down the road this season.
Gamecocks sophomore running back Mike Davis is having a monster season, highlighted by his 167 yards and three touchdowns at UCF. Leading the SEC in rushing, now comes a new challenge for Davis. The youngster who is hungry to make a name for himself must show he can handle success. Against Kentucky's run defense, Davis shouldn't struggle with a magnificent encore.
It wasn't fun to be in USC's film room as the defense reviewed its performance at UCF. Once again, the Gamecocks' defense struggled closing out a game. Given a large lead for the second straight game, USC ended Saturday on its heels instead of holding its momentum. If USC jumps out to a big lead against Kentucky — a likely scenario — everyone will want to know if the defense can play with the same intensity and close out the blowout.
Two of the SEC's worst teams when it comes to turnover margin will be on the same field. Kentucky is dead last in the league, losing half of a turnover on average each game. The Gamecocks are tied for 10th, losing a quarter of a turnover on average each game. USC's defense forced four turnovers at UCF — more than it had all season entering the game — but the offense had the same number. The Gamecocks are still searching for their first complete game in the turnover category.
South Carolina 41, Kentucky 17
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The Western Carolina women's basketball team chose to focus its defensive efforts on the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's inside game Saturday afternoon -- an effort that proved futile as the Mocs scored 32 points in the paint. And the person the Lady Catamounts continually left open, Chelsey Shumpert, hurt them just as much.
Shumpert scored a game-high 16 points as the Mocs improved to 13-3 for the season with a 77-57 romp in Cullowhee, N.C. It was UTC's ninth straight win and 21st consecutive in Southern Conference play (fifth this season), and the Mocs improved to 8-0 when scoring more than 70 points.
The 5-foot-4 Shumpert, a freshman, had 10 points in the second half, while also adding three assists.
"At halftime, Coach [Jim Foster] just said to be aggressive," Shumpert said. "If I am open at the top of the key, then fire it up. They have to respect what I have, so that is what I did."
UTC built an eight-point halftime lead, based largely on Taylor Hall and Ashlen Dewart, who combined to score 19 of the team's 37 first-half points. The Lady Catamounts adjusted their defense and cut the margin to 37-31 on a jump shot by Kristen Lyon in the opening seconds of the second stanza, but Shumpert responded by hitting a pair of 3s, both assisted by Hall. The latter put the Mocs up 45-33, and their lead never dipped below double digits the rest of the way.
"Chelsey played very well," Foster said. "In the first half she wasn't looking at the basket in a timely manner -- she was looking at it late in the possession. They really were ignoring her, and that is not a smart thing to do because she can really shoot the ball.
"Freshmen learn as they go along where their opportunities are. After a conversation with her at halftime, she came out and made two early 3s that were appropriate and she should have taken."
Hall finished with 15 points -- going over 900 for her career -- six assists and five rebounds, while Dewart had 11 points and a team-high six rebounds. Alex Black added nine points, while Meghan Downes had a solid floor game with eight points and four assists.
The Mocs had 20 assists on 29 made baskets and shot 50 percent from the field, while committing only 11 turnovers. Western Carolina (7-8, 1-3) had 16 turnovers and were led in scoring by Lindsay Simpson's and Rena Wakama's 11 points each.
UTC finishes the road trip Monday with a game at Appalachian State (5-9, 2-2).
"Today was a good, solid win," Foster said. "We did a lot of good things, but we need to tighten up some things as we go along. Give the players credit: The game was called very, very closely, but to the referees' credit, they were consistent the whole game.
"The road trip continues now with Appalachian State, but this is part of it. It helps with your toughness, which I think is a big deal. The freshmen get to watch the upperclassmen and how they handle it, and that bodes well for them down the road."


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Delirium is a term that is used to describe a state of acute confusion. It usually develops quickly over several hours or days. Delirium is a serious medical condition but usually gets better if treated.
A person of any age can have delirium. It is more common in older adults during a hospital stay. It is difficult to predict who will develop delirium. Several factors that increase the risk include:
Signs of delirium come on quickly. They can last for days or weeks, and sometimes longer. Symptoms can change hour to hour, but generally are worse at night. Common symptoms of delirium include:
Delirium is not a specific disease, but it is usually caused by a treatable physical problem.
Possible causes of delirium:
In many cases, there may be several possible causes.
Treatment depends on what is causing the delirium. Many tests may help identify the cause. These tests include blood tests, x-rays, and specialized scans. Once the cause is identified, it can be treated. Managing the symptoms of delirium is also part of the treatment.
Treatment may include:
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It's Valentine's Day tomorrow, which apparently holds some kind of significance for humans. You give "love-themed" gifts for your other halves, and what could represent the depths of your affection more than a pretty run-of-the-mill tablet in a new red colour scheme? Yes, Samsung has given the 4G-equipped edition of the Galaxy Note 10.1 a lick of crimson paint and stuck it in the shops in South Korea (although it will apparently be making its way to other regions soon). In terms of presents, though, Office Cat has always found that a dead bird or mouse left on the doormat does the trick. And it's much cheaper.
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Could it be that Zack's most important relationship problem isn't with his guilt-tripping friends but with his girlfriend, Julie?
PART 1: Scouting Around »
Zack had just confessed that the hardest thing about searching for a new church was leaving his old one.
"It usually is," I remarked.
Julie was perplexed. "Wouldn't it depend on why the person was leaving?"
"On that, and on a lot of other things."
"I'd thought that the craziness of Zack's denomination would make it easier for him to leave," she said, "but he says it's not like that."
"It does and it doesn't make it easier," he said. "In one way, sure it does. That craziness is my whole reason for leaving. So far as I can tell, the leaders of my denomination don't even believe in Jesus any more. I can show Christ's love to people who deny Christ; I can be neighbors with them; I can work at the same job with them. But I can't be in communion with them, can I? How can I be in Christ together with people who hate everything about Christ?"
"That's what I thought," said Julie.
Zack wasn't finished. "But in other ways, the craziness actually makes it harder to leave. See, the denomination used to be a lot sounder than it is now. So today, when they take a minister who deserted his wife and children to live out his sexual fantasies, make him a bishop, and say what a wonderful example he is for everyone else, it's almost unbelievable. I keep thinking 'This can't really be happening" or "It can't go on.' That's one of the reasons I waited so long before leaving."
"He's been tied up in knots for two years," she said. "It's like a lifetime."
"That's not all," said Zack. "Like I was saying before, the people in my own congregation are really great. They believe in Jesus. They try to live like He taught. They hold onto the Gospel hope. I'm not leaving because of them. When I was a new Christian, they taught me everything — how to pray, how to worship, how to lean on God's strength."
"I'm sure you'll miss them," I commented.
"I will — but that's not what I was going to say. See, I owe them big time."
"Of course."
"And here's the thing — they make me feel it. I don't mean they've turned mean. In fact, I know they love me. But in a dozen little ways, they make me feel guilty about leaving. As though I didn't feel guilty enough already!"
"Are they trying to make you feel that way?" asked Julie.
"I don't think so. At least not consciously. But you know, Julie, when someone takes you on a guilt trip, it feels pretty much the same whether he's doing it on purpose or not."
I asked, "What do they say that makes you feel so guilty?"
"Different people say different things. There are at least three groups."
"Tell me about them."
"Some of my friends at the old church know all about the problems in the denomination and feel just as awful as I do about them, but think that I'm deserting them in their hour of need."
"I don't exactly get that," said Julie. "What hour of need? The denomination is finished, sunk, washed up, done for, kaput. Why don't they all leave?"
"Because they don't believe it is washed up. To me it seems like a sinking ship, but they think if they pray hard, have faith, and stick together, then eventually it will stop sining. That really made me lose a lot of sleep."
"Why? Did you believe them?" Julie asked.
"Not exactly, but I wondered whether I should believe them. Didn't Jesus promise that the gates of hell would not prevail? Could it be that I just haven't had enough faith? Am I not being a steadfast enough witness? So I had to do some hard thinking."
"What did you decide?" I asked.
He answered, "I realized that there's a difference between 'the Church' and 'a church.' Jesus didn't say that the gates of hell wouldn't prevail against any denomination. In fact I'm not too sure what He'd think about 'denominations.' Especially when they show contempt for His teachings."
"You said that different people in your church say different things," I reminded him. "What do some of the others say?"
"Some of them actually agree with me that the denomination is a lost cause, but they just don't care about that. They think it doesn't affect them. It does, of course — they can hardly even recruit good ministers any more — but as long as the congregation seems okay, they're happy."
"Why do they make you feel guilty?"
"Because they think I'm deserting them too. To them — I don't know how to explain it. In their way of thinking it's as though this one local congregation were the whole Church. No, that's not right —"
He struggled for words. "Of course they know that they aren't the only Christians. But they don't seem to see all Christians as connected. They view the Body of Christ as though it were a bunch of separated limbs — an arm over here, an leg over there, a hand outside on the porch — as though somehow the Body could live that way. Do you see what I'm trying to say?"
"There I can sort of see their point," said Julie.
"How do you mean?" he asked.
"Well, we Christians are sort of separated, aren't we? You and Professor Theo yourselves were saying a little while ago that not all churches believe the same. Eclipsitarians aren't Pretzelterians. Pretzelterians aren't Mentalists. Mentalists aren't Tentacostals."
"True," replied Zack, "but I can't believe that's how Jesus wanted it to be. At the Last Supper He prayed over His disciples, 'Holy Father, protect them by the power of your Name — the Name you gave me — so that they may be one as we are one.'"
"I don't remember that verse," she said. "Where's it from?"
"John something, isn't it, Prof?"
"John 17. But go on with your story. You mentioned three different groups of church friends, and you've only told us about two. Tell about the third."
"Right. These next ones make me feel worst. Prof, have I been giving you the impression that I used to go around at my old church saying 'this denomination stinks, and so does everyone in it'?"
"Not at all."
"Good. I don't think I did that either. But they'd bring up the subject, you know? They'd ask, 'Why are you so determined to leave?' So then I'd have to explain about the problems. And then they'd be hurt. They'd hide it — they wouldn't say it — but I knew what the were thinking."
"They were thinking that I was being like a Pharisee — that I thought I was better than they were. One man there has been like an older brother in Christ to me. But he acted like the older brother in the parable."
"Wait 'till you hear this," said Julie.
"When I tried to explain to him why I was leaving, he looked wise and sad, and put his arm around my shoulder. A lot of other people were watching. He said, 'Okay, Zack, you don't have to explain. You feel you've outgrown the nest. We understand. Just don't forget who taught you how to fly.'"
I winced. Zack was silent a few seconds. "I didn't know whether to weep with gratitude or shout with pain. He really knew how to twist the knife."
We sat together quietly. Zack hadn't asked for my advice, and I didn't think he needed it. Julie seemed to think differently. Abruptly she broke the silence.
"What do you think Zack should do?"
"Zack knows what to do, doesn't he?"
Zack nodded. "I'm doing it."
"I meant about his feelings," she said.
"When we do what we know is right, our feelings usually take care of themselves."
But what about his friends? They're not doing what's right, staying behind."
"I wouldn't care to pass judgment about that. Do you know the incident in John 21, after the Resurrection, when Jesus calls Peter apart from the others?"
"I think so. Peter points to John and says 'What about this guy?' Something like that."
"Do you remember how Jesus answered?"
"Um — not exactly."
"I do," said Zack. "He said 'If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? Follow me!'"
Julie still wasn't satisfied. "When Zack told me what Jonah had said, I was furious. I wanted to go tell him off, but Zack wouldn't let me."
Zack laughed wryly. "You were a little frustrated with me yourself, I remember."
"Not frustrated. One part of me was all protective — Jonah was really cutting. But another part of me was baffled — I couldn't understand why you let him get to you. You were so wrapped up in that church."
I was beginning to realize that the real relationship issue here wasn't between Zack and his friends, but between Zack and Julie – and it all went back to her old issues with church. Not that we could settle those all at once.
Gently I asked, "You've been to church, Julie, but you've never really had a church, have you? I mean a Christian community of your own."
"No. Not like Zack." Suddenly she grinned. "He says that's a deficiency in my experience. But if that's what church means, then I'm not really sure that I want it."
"You know," I said, "I'm not quite sure that's true."
"What — about not being sure that I want to?"
"No, about never having had a Christian community of your own."
"What do you mean? I'm Julie, remember? Julie, the Church-hopper? Julie, who can't go to the same church two weeks in a row? Isn't that what Zack's been trying to talk me out of?"
"It just came to me. That's not what you are at all."
"What came to you? What am I?"
"Slow down. Reflect for a moment. Can't you think of one group you'd find it hard to leave?"
"My family. But I'll always have my family."
"I see where he's going," said Zack. "He means a faith community."
"But I don't have a steady church. All I have is the Student Christian Fellowship."
"That's the one I had in mind," I told her.
She blinked. "Well — sure. My one great fear in life is that when I graduate next year, I'll have to leave it. That's no secret. I say it all the time. But that's not a church."
"Could we say that you've been treating the Fellowship as though it were your church?"
Long pause. "Maybe we could."
"Could it also be that this is one of the reasons you find it so difficult to settle into real church? That you want church to be just like that?"
Longer pause. "I'll have to think about this." She turned to Zack. "Maybe I understand about your church better than I thought."
He looked like that cat that swallowed the canary.
"What are you grinning about?" she demanded.
"Nothing much," he answered, still smiling. "I always knew you'd come around."
Copyright 2005 J. Budziszewski. All rights reserved.
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Senior Bailey North sure went out in style playing her final home at Buffalo Grove on Tuesday night.
The 6-foot center became one of 11 other Bison to score 1,000 points in a career during a 64-37 victory over Hoffman Estates.
North, who will play at Wisconsin Parkside next season, finished with a game-high 16 points in the Mid-Suburban League crossover.
"It was a great accomplishment," said Bison first-year coach Steve Kolodziej. "This is very indicative of what type of player Bailey is and how she has committed herself to the game of basketball over the last four years.
"We are extremely proud of her and wish her nothing but success the rest of this year and next year at Wisconsin-Parkside."
North joins a group with Michele Ratay (2,483), Cherise Compobasso (1,926), Ashley Sandstead (1,871), Rachel Bucheck (1,684), Ellen Ayoub (1,300), Maggie Mocchi (1,184), Nicole McBean (1,133), Piper Mead (1,081), Christy Compobasso (1,065) and Kate Harker (1,008).


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To ejaculate a monstrous load onto a person's torso, giving them a coating of semen that resembles a sweater made out of gelatin
"That bitch was sucking me off, and at the last second I pulled it out and gave her a nasty gelatin sweater! Hahah bet she's nice and warm now!"
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A group of Venezuelan hackers affiliated with Anonymous hacktivists managed to gain access to the website of Netlima, a Peruvian online news paper site that covers news related to Lima city.
Even though the main page is not affected, the hackers used the unauthorized access to modify the content of few pages of the site in order to show their message.
Few pictures and a short message have been placed in those affected pates.
" Article 350 has its own life, lives in each of our hearts, can lead us to freedom. Let's give life and to liberate Venezuela. " the message reads. "In this country there will never be revolution without evolution of Consciousness.!".
In the end of the modified-page, the hackers apologized to the admin of the site for the inconvenience and said "nothing personal, it is a protest for my Country."
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The health benefits of cutting yourself a break
By Michael Roizen, M.D., and Mehmet Oz, M.D.
Could cutting yourself a little slack improve your diet, help you stick with a workout routine and let you meet your health goals, from lowering blood sugar, LDL (lousy) cholesterol or blood pressure, to living with chronic pain? Positively. Some examples: Self-kindness makes you 23 percent more likely to take your high blood pressure medications as directed, helps you improve blood sugar numbers if you have diabetes and makes it 64 percent easier to stick with a low-sodium diet.
What is self-kindness? Well, it isn't about repeating goofy affirmations like that "Saturday Night Live" character Stuart Smalley, whose mantra was "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and, doggonit, people like me!" It's about reminding yourself that everybody messes up, not kicking yourself when you're down, looking at the big picture and identifying areas where you're doing well.
Turning off your harsh inner critic and turning on a bit of self-kindness boosts your confidence in your ability to make healthy changes in your everyday habits, and it makes your RealAge younger in a number of additional ways, too!
Here's how harnessing the "BFF Factor" produces life-changing, age-reducing results:
It makes weight control easier: When diet slip-ups lead to overeating, self-kindness may work better than willpower to help you make a U-turn. Women who indulged by munching doughnuts and then were asked to taste-test candies ate fewer of those sweets when they were told: "I hope you won't be too hard on yourself. Everyone eats this stuff." This led one Harvard psychotherapist to note, "Self-compassion is the missing ingredient in every diet and weight-loss plan."
It lets you cope with chronic pain better: Another report has shown that people with chronic pain who judged themselves less harshly when pain interfered with activities felt less depressed, less stressed and less isolated than those who adopted a tough-it-out attitude. We're not saying they felt less pain, but they were more likely to have a positive state of mind and found more ways to work around the pain (like asking for help and finding ways to make activities easier). They also found it easier to follow their doctor's directions, since ridding yourself of negative thoughts makes it easier to believe that you can take control.
It provides you with an extra stop-smoking tool: In the first three weeks of a stop-tobacco program, smokers who learned to give themselves positive, gentle pep talks when they felt the urge to light up ("You can do it; just hold out for one more minute!") found it easier to say no to cigarettes much sooner than quitters who didn't give themselves positive reinforcement.
It produces a stronger motivation to exercise: Turns out people who practice self-kindness gravitate to workouts that bring deep-down enjoyment – often something like walking with a friend, biking with a club or dancing around the house to your favorite tunes! And that makes it easier to stick with your exercise routine week in and week out. Being motivated by the desire to look better or be sexier just doesn't sustain your commitment as well.
How does a little self-love do such positive, powerful stuff? It seems that an I-can-do-it attitude translates to less shame, blame and anger about chronic health issues, and more respect for what you have done. And that's a sure-fire way to start believing you deserve a long, healthy, happy life – and making sure you get it!
Want a shortcut to self-kindness? Pick a problem that's bothering you, then write a short letter to yourself from the point of view of a friend who cares about you. Doing this for just a few minutes a day for one week can reduce anxiety and depression for two to six months.
So, can you be a little kinder to YOU? Yes, you can!
Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of "The Dr. Oz Show," and Mike Roizen, M.D. is Chief Medical Officer at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute. For more information go to www.RealAge.com. (c) 2012 Michael Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet Oz, M.D. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.


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A professional firefighter who survived the Christmas Eve shooting rampage in suburban Rochester that left two volunteer firefighters dead has returned to work.
Local media outlets report that Joseph Hofstetter rejoined his Rochester Fire Department crew Tuesday morning, more than 6 months after being shot early on the morning of Dec. 24 while responding to a call with the West Webster Fire District, where he volunteered.
He says he feels "very lucky" and is thrilled to be back on full duty.
Hofstetter and volunteer firefighter Ted Scardino survived the shooting. Volunteer firefighters Mike Chiapperini and Tomasz Kaczowka were shot and killed by William Spengler Jr.
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Robert Green had a day to forget as QPR sunk to the bottom of the table with a controversial 2-1 home defeat to West Brom.
Harry Redknapp showed great confidence in Green by choosing him ahead of fit-again Julio Cesar, but the decision backfired in the first half as Chris Brunt beat the England stopper from 30 yards with a shot he perhaps should have saved.
Green then dropped the ball in to his own net to give the Baggies a 2-0 lead just after the re-start, although replays showed Marc-Antoine Fortune had impeded the former West Ham stopper as he came to collect the ball as it looped up off Armand Traore. Rangers pulled one back through Djibril Cisse, but they otherwise lacked a cutting edge up front.
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